One rainy July day in 1911, after an arduous journey through the dense jungle of the Urubamba Valley in deepest Peru, the American academic and adventurer, Hiram Bingham, came upon the sculpted ...

Cusco, once the illustrious capital of the Inca Empire, has once again become the centre of attention for archaeologists and history enthusiasts worldwide. A remarkable discovery of underground ...

The Inca civilization, which flourished for hundreds of years and left behind priceless archeological artifacts, will be revived in Seoul. Dating from ancient Andes civilizations to the Incan Empire, ...

The Inca civilization may have used “cranial trepanation” — the surgical drilling or scraping of a small hole through the skull — as a treatment for trauma-induced epilepsy. This is the conclusion of ...

Corpses of children from all over the Inca Empire were taken from their homes to be killed and placed on top of mountains to get struck by lightning, scientists claim. The practice was intended to ...

In many regions in the Andes, where the Inca Empire once flourished, mummies are frequently discovered. It has become clear that there was a mummy culture unlike any other seen in the world. Why did ...

16:37, Fri, Jan 10, 2025 Updated: 16:45, Fri, Jan 10, 2025 A groundbreaking archaeological discovery has confirmed the existence of an extensive network of underground streets, or "chincana," ...

Village authorities insisted on handling the khipus without gloves to feel the fibre differences. (Credit: William Hyland) Two vibrant bundles of string, over 10,000 feet high in the Peruvian Andes, ...

The pre-Columbian civilizations of the Americas are very much in the public's mind this year due to the so-called Mayan Prophecy that suggests the world will end on Dec. 21. Perhaps any fear-mongering ...

The Inca Trail is approximately 26 miles long and leads to one of the most iconic sites in the world: Machu Picchu. Millions of people trek to the 15th-century Citadel to see a well-preserved Incan ...